The more you look
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
A candle
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper.
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
Pencil lead.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
How can the number four be half of five?
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard
What gets wet while drying?
A towel.
How many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 11 letters in the words “the alphabet”
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter 'R'
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter “M.”
Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
“Incorrectly.”
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand.
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
You are standing back-to-back with your father.
Someone’s mother has four sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son?
Someone
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
A fishhook.
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
Water.
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
E N T (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.).
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
Your name.